ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEETING:
Getting to the Roots of Carbon Loss, Chili's Gain
Jocelyn Kaiser
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON--Some 3500 ecologists gathered here from 8 to 12 August for the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Discussions ranged from the link between ancient deforestation and greenhouse warming to a sizzling ecological explanation for why peppers are hot.